Barry J. Galt, a director of Abraxas since October 2003, has served as a director of Ocean Energy, Inc., an oil and gas company, since his retirement in 1999 until the acquisition of Ocean by Devon Energy Corporation in April 2003. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Seagull Energy Corporation, an oil and gas company, the predecessor to Ocean, from 1983 through 1998, and as Vice Chairman of Seagull from January 1999 until May 1999. Prior to his employment by Seagull, Mr. Galt acted as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Williams Companies, an oil and gas company. Mr. Galt has also served as a director of Trinity Industries, Inc., a manufacturing company, since 1989, a director of Dynegy Inc., an oil and gas company, since September 2002 and a director of Endeavor International Corporation, an oil and gas company, since 2004. |